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Show U.S. FORESEES EARLY DISMISSAL . OF INSURGENTS' SUIT OVER SILVER WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP) Administration official! predicted predict-ed today early eourt diamiaaal of ault on behali of the Spaniah Inaurgent government eeeking recovery of aome $10,000,000 (hipped by Spaniah loyaliitf to the United Statei and told to the U. S. fov- eminent. The effort to recover the silver Is helng made In the New York fsdaral district court, which yasterday aat a hearing for March 24 on a motion by the government for summary dismissal of four actions Mad by the law Arm of SuHlvan a Cromwsll on behaif of the Bank of Spain. The ahiptnaata of ellver were received re-ceived la New York but yaar. Treaaury officiate eald (ha silver Waa purchased undar the U. S. silver purchaae act by which the government govern-ment Is epecifloally directed te pur-ehaae pur-ehaae any silver offered for eale by any foreign govsrnmsnt. The treasury said that It was obligated obli-gated by law to maka suck eur-cheaeo eur-cheaeo from the Spanish loyalist government so long aa that government govern-ment le legally recognUed by the United Buttee as the eonstltutsd Bpantsh authority. The trsssury aaid that the silvsr, ent here m the form ef Spaniah eome, was bought at the etanding prlee of U eenta par fine ounce. The Bank of Spain claims that the liver wae purchaeed tilsgelly, contending con-tending that the loyalist govern-Bnemt govern-Bnemt did not have the right te eell ilver te any outside power while a tvil war waa la progreaa because the metal had beea mined In actual or potent lei natlotiallat territory. Roosvelts Rett Hands Afttr Gripping Ordeal . - WASHINGTON. Feb. I President Pres-ident and Mrs. Roossvelt relaxed today to-day atar completing the social eta-eon's eta-eon's principal handshaking activities. activ-ities. Aa army and navy reception last alght wss ths last of fivs annual receptions which tradition requires M the White Heuss. Each one brought approximately 100Q guests te shake hands with the chief executive execu-tive and first lady. German Rail Passenger Service Is Curtailed : BERLIN, Feb. 1 lv Curtailment f railway passenger service throughout Germany waa explained ' today by officials en the grounds that the Sudetenland waa stripped almost bare of railroad rolling stock by retreating Csectui when they ceded the territory te Germany early la October. Besides eliminating St express trains en mala routes, numerous vacation trains o4 the nasi "strength through toy" recreational organisation organisa-tion have beea canceled. The nationalists announced the capture of Maaaanet da la Sehra, 81 la, Vidreraa. and Lloret de Mar la the coastal area. Thus they bad advanced both along the coast and along the Barcelona Bar-celona -Cerons highway In that area. They were but 14 miles south of Ge-rona. Ge-rona. on the highway, and they were approaching the mala loyalist defense de-fense line which waa reported to be baaed en San Fell de Gulxolaa. an the coast, and to extend northwestward north-westward through the Santa Ooioma de Faroes region. France to Ask Franco To Reaffirm Pledge PARIS, Feb. I (UP)-Senator Leon Berard, en route to Spain aa France's special envoy to the na-tionahsts. na-tionahsts. haa been Instructed to ask Generalissimo Francisco Franco to reaffirm a pledge not to grant Italy and Germany undue privileges If the insurgents win the olvil war, It waa understood today. Inoculation Precedes Food in Quake Region SANTIAGO, Chile. Feb. t Wv-Medlcal Wv-Medlcal authorities fighting diaeass In the earthquake ravaged Chilian district today ordered survivors to submit to Inoculation or be denied food rations which are being distributed dis-tributed by relief agencies. Ths govsrnmsnt found strlngsnt msasuree necessary baeauss ef the opposition ef many survivors to the disease prevention program. |